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Podcast: Down On High: Examining the Records That Made Us
Episode: Bright Eyes - Noise Floor/Casadaga
Description: This week, we return to our roots, revisiting Bright Eyes just a little over a year since our first episode. While the first episode reviewed a double release, --2005's I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn -- we are reviewing two albums that are as opposed to each other but from different times in that decade. 2006's Noise Floor is a collection of "B-sides and rarities." Despite being a grab bag, this record has meaningful standouts for Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and company. It is emblematic of the bedroom records era of Bright...